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LOT 2992

Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm. Circa 121-113 BC. Ake-Ptolemais mint.

Diademed head to right; within fillet border / ΒAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΑNTIOXOY EΠI-ΦANOYΣ, Zeus Ouranios, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding star in outstretched hand and long sceptre; crescent above, monogram of ΔYΡ in left field; all within laurel wreath border. SC 2336.2; HGC 9, 1197h. Near Extremely Fine. Nice toning with golden iridescence in fields.(16.24gr, 29mm, 12h.).

Provenance

From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.

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LOT 2992

Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

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